La conquista del Oeste
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1962 • 164 min • Western
Our family guide
Best from age 9- 100 Reviewers · 3 · 53%
- 70 Audience · 502 · 47%
Esta épica histórica sigue a una familia pionera a lo largo de varias generaciones mientras viajan hacia el oeste, enfrentando los desafíos y triunfos de establecerse en la frontera americana. Muestra momentos históricos clave desde la década de 1830 hasta la Guerra Civil y más allá, explorando los vastos cambios que moldearon a Estados Unidos.
- Violence & peril
- 3/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 1/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 1/10
- Scary moments
- 2/10
Heads up
- Las representaciones históricas de los nativos americanos pueden reflejar estereotipos anticuados.
- Algunos momentos intensos durante batallas y enfrentamientos.
- Peligro leve ocasional, como rápidos de río y encuentros con animales.
What it models well
- Perseverancia y resiliencia
- Lazgos familiares y legado
- Coraje frente a la adversidad
- Comprensión histórica
Talk about it after
- Las complejidades de la expansión hacia el oeste y su impacto en los pueblos nativos.
- Cómo los diferentes personajes se adaptan a cambios históricos significativos.
- La importancia del coraje y la ingeniosidad en tiempos difíciles.
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Top billed cast
Director: John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall • Crew: John Gay, James R. Webb
Trailers & clips
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Reviewer notes
RecommendedIt's almost impossible to imagine how anyone could have amassed such a complete complement of Hollywood A-listers (both in front of, and behind, the camera) to make this epic tale of the pioneering American spirit in the 19th century. From the opening bars of Alfred Newman's score, you can rest assured that we are in for something grand - and, cinematographically speaking, we certainly are. The story is essentiall...
Recommended_**Unique, entertaining all-star Western epic comprised of vignettes is a mixed bag**_ Released in 1962-63 and written by James Webb, "How the West was Won" is an epic Hollywood Western covering fifty years between 1839-1889 focusing on the Prescott family's move West and narrated by Spencer Tracy. This is a history lesson amped up with melodrama, romance, adventure, violence and song & dance. The film was d...
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersBound for the promised land, indeed. One of the last great epic movies to come out of MGM that was a roaring success, How the West Was Won still has enough quality about it to warrant high praise. The story that drives the film on was suggested by the series of the same name that featured in "Life" magazine 1959. Narrative is formed around one family, the Prescott's, who set out on a journey West in 1839. They ...
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 7.0/10 (502)
- Age rating
- G
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $15,000,000
- Box office
- $76,729
- IMDb
- tt0056085
- Official site
- www.warnerbros.com
